httpstatuses/contents/codes/410.md

---
set: 4
code: 410
title: Gone
references:
    "Rails HTTP Status Symbol": ":gone"
    "Go HTTP Status Constant": "http.StatusGone"
---

The target resource is no longer available at the origin server and that this
condition is likely to be permanent.

If the origin server does not know, or has no facility to determine, whether or
not the condition is permanent, the status code [404 Not Found](/404) ought to
be used instead.

The 410 response is primarily intended to assist the task of web maintenance by
notifying the recipient that the resource is intentionally unavailable and that
the server owners desire that remote links to that resource be removed. Such an
event is common for limited-time, promotional services and for resources
belonging to individuals no longer associated with the origin server's site. It
is not necessary to mark all permanently unavailable resources as "gone" or to
keep the mark for any length of time -- that is left to the discretion of the
server owner.

A 410 response is cacheable by default; i.e., unless otherwise indicated by the
method definition or explicit cache controls<sup>[1](#ref-1)</sup>.

---

* <span id="ref-1"><sup>1</sup> Calculating Heuristic Freshness
[RFC7234 Section 4.2.2][2]</span>
* Source: [RFC7231 Section 6.5.9][1]

[1]: <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-6.5.9>
[2]: <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7234#section-4.2.2>